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Norseman Crash Site - 7 My Fifth Visit to the Aircraft Crash Site 09 April 2018 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
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Norseman Crash Site - 7 My Fifth Visit to the Aircraft Crash Site 09 April 2018 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
| ~ If you have information about this crash, please send a Message or Email via our Guest Book (link on Home Page) ~ With leaves emerging and warm weather on the way, this was probably my last visit until next fall: |
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Spring wildflowers were emerging along the cliffs that I pass on the climb up to the crash site |
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| Piece of unidentified component with pulleys and roller Probably from one of the control surfaces... |
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| Same part, from opposite side |
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| Broken, unknown part - top view |
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| Unknown part - reverse |
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| Round screen - two pieces stapled together |
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| Melted blue glass |
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| Unknown buckle |
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I finally identified this part after finding a faint part number on the edge (below). Part number 10023-1 is not listed in the Parts Catalog, but 10021-1 (Rear RH Wing Lift Strut Fairing Assy) is, and it looks just like this. Probably a later part revision. |
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| Illustration from the parts catalog. I had found the fairing from the other side during an earlier exploration. |
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| Another mooring arrow, this one bent & broken See page 3 for details of mooring arrows. |
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| Rubber plug |
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| Rubber plug - opposite view |
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| Section of elevator frame It took me several years to ID this component. I was pretty sure it was part of one of the control surfaces. One day I was closely examining some of the Manual illustrations and spotted this section of the elevator! See next image. |
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| Maintenance Manual illustration with found section of frame outlined... |
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| Piece of rubber hose or cable casing |
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| Unknown component with small tree growing through it. |
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| Component after being freed from tree and roots |
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| Molded plastic, probably from same part as similar piece on page 3. |
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| Broken piece of cast metal, with integral stiffeners. |
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| Same part - opposite side I have no idea what this cast metal component was... |
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| Cable - connector |
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| Molten blob, about 18 inches long |
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| Twisted steel cable |
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| Unknown component with single pulley Possibly an aileron or flap control pulley similar to one in next sketch. |
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| Aileron Control Pulley (highlighted) from Parts Manual |
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| Flat pieces of plastic |
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| Molten component(s) |
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| Close-up, showing the part number which I couldn't find in the Parts Catalog... Googling that P/N, I came up with an aircraft Angle of Attack sensor, which could be coincidence. |
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| Dried Earthstar fungi at the site. |
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| See the Norseman History website for extensive information and history of this aircraft. |
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| Initial Discovery | |||
| Norseman Crash - 1 | Norseman Crash - 2 | Norseman Crash - 3 | Norseman Crash - 4 |
| Norseman Crash - 5 | Norseman Crash - 6 | Norseman Crash - 7 | |
| Norseman Index | S. Nantahala Index |
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